COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77261
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
GREGORY J. JACKSON            :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 13649
                              :
STATE OF OHIO, et al          :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JANUARY 27, 2000
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           GREGORY J. JACKSON, pro se
                              #36562-060
                              FCI Elkton (Unit BB)
                              Post Office Box 130
                              Elkton, Ohio  44415
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              MELODY A. WHITE, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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ANN DYKE, A.J.:
     Relator, Gregory J. Jackson, has filed a complaint for a writ
of mandamus.  The relator, through his complaint, seeks an  order
from this  court that requires  the respondent,  Judge Stuart  A.
Friedman, to issue a ruling with regard to a motion for  replevin
that was filed in the underlying case of State v. Jackson, Cuyahoga
County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-355428.  The  respondent
has filed a motion for summary judgment.
     In order  for this court  to issue a  writ of mandamus,  the
relator must demonstrate  that: 1) the relator possesses a  clear
legal right to the relief requested; 2) the respondent possesses a
clear legal  duty to perform the  requested relief; and 3)  there
exists no adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.  State ex
rel. Ney v. Niehaus (1987), 33 Ohio St.3d 118.
     Attached to the respondent's motion for summary judgment is a
copy of a journal entry, as journalized on March 10, 1999,  which
clearly demonstrates  that the personal  property subject to  the
motion for  replevin  has been  ordered forfeited  as  contraband
pursuant to R.C. 2933.41.  The relator's motion for replevin  has
been rendered moot by the order of forfeiture.  Thus, the relator's
request  for a writ of mandamus is moot.  State ex rel. Gantt  v.
Coleman (1983),  6 Ohio  St.3d  5; State  ex rel.  Jerningham  v.
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d  278.
It must also be noted that the relator possesses or did possess an
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adequate remedy at law  through an appeal from the judgment  that
ordered forfeiture of the personal property previously held by the
relator. State ex rel. Hastings Mut. Ins. Co. v. Merillat (1990),
50 Ohio St.3d 152; State ex rel. Rhodes v. Brocklin (1988), 36 Ohio
St.3d 236.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion for  summary
judgment.  Relator to pay costs.
     Writ denied.
TERRENCE O'DONNELL,J. CONCURS
.